Citation: Miller, Figs. Pl. 2:184, t. 276 (1758).

Synonymy: Antholyza meriana L., Syst. Nat. edn 10:863 (1759).

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial to 1 m high; corm 4-7 cm diam.; leaves sword-shaped, often slightly falcate, 20-40 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, glabrous, with 1-4 prominent veins and somewhat thickened margins.

Spike usually unbranched, loose, 20-40 cm long; spathes oblong, 2-3.7 cm long, herbaceous with a brown scarious distal portion; flowers zygomorphic, brick-red to dull-pink; perianth tube 3.2-4.2 cm long, narrow at the base, curved and expanded into a cylindrical portion 2-3 cm long, c. 7 mm diam.; lobes oblong to obovate, obtuse to apiculate, subequal, 1.8-2.6 cm long, c. 1.2 cm wide; stamens unilateral; anthers c. 10 mm long, cream to purple, hardly exserted; style branches c. 5 mm long, shortly exserted, 2-fid.

Capsule ovoid, truncate, 3-4 cm long, blackish.

Published illustration: Innes (1985) The world of Iridaceae, t. 247.

Distribution:  A garden ornamental persisting where corms have been dumped.   W.Aust.; ?Vic.; Tas.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. — Dec.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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